HEIL PR-48 Drum Microphone

Heil PR-48
Bass Drum Microphone

The Heil HDK drum kit series is a culmination
of over 2 years spent on the road with leading drummers. They gave us their
ideas, their dreams and their needs which we turned into reality. Every
component of a drum kit needs special attention when it comes to reproducing the
sound accurately. There are many drum microphones out there but the artists that
helped design the Heil drum microphones wanted more accuracy, not just level.
Each one of them were tired of little plastic toys that did not reproduce well.
They all agreed, after hearing and using the new technologies of the Heil drum
microphones, that they had never heard this level of quality reproduction.

The Heil PR 48 kick drum microphone starts with our 1.5" large diaphragm dynamic
element sealed in a vulcanized shock mount and fed with a specially designed low
pass filter that creates a 10 dB rise from 60 to 100 Hz. - right where the kick
drum resonates. We then stay out to 7.5 kHz and drop off drastically to
eliminate any unwanted internal sounds. The total frequency reponse is 30Hz -
8.5kHz (4dB rise @ 4500Hz). Its rear rejection is -40dB @ 180° off axis. It can
handle +148dB SPL.

The Heil PR 48 metal housing was designed with a slanted entrance to the 3 pin XLR so
the cable assembly is easier to connect. The microphone provides a 600 ohm
balanced output.